Equipment. Digital flexibility. Versafire

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1 Equipment Digital flexibility. Versafire

2 A partnership that pays off. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen. The key to your success lies in the coordinated interaction of people, processes, materials, and machines. We are a reliable and competent partner for all your printing needs. Our user-friendly systems, customized products, and innovative services deliver maximum production quality, make controlling complex processes easier, and help you to avoid errors all along your production chain. The result: efficiency at the touch of a button. We call it Simply Smart. The advantage for you: simpler and more productive processes thanks to an intelligent, comprehensive, and integrated portfolio optimally tailored to your needs. heidelberg.com/company

3 Our areas Content Equipment Rely on future-proof printing and further processing by combining digital and offset printing. Our portfolio for printing machines ranges from cutting-edge digital technologies and offset printing machines attractively equipped as standard to individually configured special machines for maximum productivity and every possible print application. From prepress to postpress we enable the entire printing process for commercial and packaging printing. Our machines are networked through the Prinect workflow and can thus exchange production data: for the sake of optimum processes and transparency. Make uncompromising quality your standard. heidelberg.com/en/equipment Service Our comprehensive range of services give you more time for the essentials. With our Technical Services we offer you fast, efficient, and reliable access to our expertise and all the original parts our service technicians are always close-by. With our Performance Services we work with you to optimize your productivity in all areas of production. Our industry-specific solutions also make us a competent partner in financial matters. heidelberg.com/en/service Consumables You can rely on our know-how and coordinated materials for impressive results. We offer you various complete packages of consumables, allowing you to concentrate fully and entirely on your core competencies. With our online shop, we offer easy access unparalleled in the industry to all the products you need. heidelberg.com/en/consumables 04 New areas of business 08 Versafire CV 12 Versafire CP 16 Prinect Digital Frontend 22 Your dialog with Heidelberg

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5 New areas of business with Versafire. The print product market is in a constant state of flux. Completely different customer expectations, globalization, and fierce competition on prices all call for greater flexibility and cost-efficiency. With the Versafire digital printing systems from Heidelberg, it s not a case of offset versus digital, but rather offset plus digital. Designed for the cost-efficient manufacture of short runs and print products that are difficult or expensive to produce using offset printing, Versafire combines the benefits of both methods. Less is more. While offset printing scores highly when it comes to production run costs and quality, digital printing makes it easy to meet other requirements such as fast delivery times, printing variable data, and processing an amazingly wide range of materials. It is even possible to combine the two types of production in a single job. Digital printing can be used to produce finished products such as brochures and magazines fully automatically on demand, to output prints in the right order, including runs of a single copy, and to personalize print jobs preprinted in offset. On-demand production of this kind reduces warehousing and logistics costs. Perforating, folding, and trimming are also possible thanks to the option of integrating inline finishing. Further benefits such as virtually zero paper waste really come to the fore with short runs. 05

6 Facts and figures. Digital printing with Versafire CV*. Productivity Maximum simplex throughput of sheets per hour. 5 print units thanks to CMYK plus white and coating. Vacuum/suction-tape feeder with loading capacity up to 14,700 sheets Printing length up to 700 mm Plate costs 0,- Grammage incl. perfecting of up to 360 g/m 2 Maximum print volume of up to 14 Mio. A4 prints with 5-year production with prints per month. Ecology Prinect Digital Frontend Intelligent functions from design to postpress. Standby power consumption of less than 7 watts. 0 Waste 7 kw sheets Easy and complete de-inking. Maximum power requirement including inline finishers. 2 clicks Impositioning with Color reproduction similar to offset printing guaranteed with Heidelberg color management. Reduction of complaint costs with Heidelberg renderer technology for offset and digital printing. 06

7 Facts and figures. Digital printing with Versafire CP*. Productivity Maximum simplex throughput of sheets per hour. Printing length up to 700 mm 4 print colors CMYK Max. grammage including perfecting of up to 400 g/m² Vacuum/suction-tape feeder with loading capacity up to 0,- plate costs 18,100 sheets Maximum print volume of up to 60 Mio. A4 prints with 5-year production with 1 million prints per month. Prinect Digital Frontend Cost-optimized hybrid print production through integration into the print shop workflow. Ecology Maximum flexibility through networking of several digital printing presses in one workflow. Reduction of labor costs by up to 80 % through automation of production. Efficient customer retention with web-to-print connection. * See reverse Standby power consumption of less than 3 watts. 0 Maximum 9 kw Waste sheets Easy and complete de-inking. power requirement including inline finishers. 07

8 The flexible all-rounder. Versafire CV With its outstanding quality and exceptional functions, the new Versafire CV takes efficiency, reliability, and profitability to a whole new level. As a flexible all-rounder, the Versafire CV is the only digital printing press in its class offering printing white, with very high opacity, or coating ink as a full-area or spot coating. It is quick and easy to switch between the spot colors, which ensures flexible use. Thanks to its innovative laser technology, the Versafire CV delivers razor-sharp high-resolution images. One particular plus point is the color toner used, which achieves a sharp, uniform result thanks to ultra-fine particles. Other impressive features include a large color scale and a low melting point. This makes it possible to print on all kinds of materials, such as plastics, with an image and color quality close to that achieved in offset. The Versafire CV also demonstrates its credentials with other challenging materials. It can be equipped with a smoothing function that ensures flat delivery, for example in the case of paper with a high moisture content. An optional suction feeder is available to reliably feed in problematic materials such as synthetic foils. The Versafire CV is designed for large paper formats. This enables items such as posters and six-page signatures to be produced in short runs in a single operation and, thanks to the Prinect Digital Frontend, without complicated impositioning. The Versafire CV also supports the non-stop production of long runs in a single pass. Several magazines ensure a continuous supply of paper without an operator having to constantly monitor the Versafire CV. These magazines can be logically linked for automatic print processes or be filled for the next print job while the previous job is still under way so as to minimize makeready times. Precise registration is essential when printing small items such as business cards or postcards. The Versafire CV operates with exceptional register accuracy for every single sheet, which means print images are positioned exactly on top of each other in the pile for reliable finishing. 08

9 The Versafire CV impresses with its big operator cockpit. The central monitor provides a continuous overview of all information from the print status of each job to fill levels and all the necessary color data. This makes it possible to keep an eye on the progress of printing while completing other tasks such as filling a magazine for the next job. Operation is intuitive, which reduces the time required to master the system. You can find more about the Versafire CV here: heidelberg.com/en/versafire-cv 09

10 Special applications through the addition of a 5 th color to CMYK: white or coating. The ORU concept for independent replacement of spare parts ensures high availability. Independent and easy changing of the fifth printing unit permits fast color changes Banner tray The banner tray permits printing of 6-page signatures or posters with a length of up to 700 mm and 300 g/m². 2 Large capacity trays Reliable loading of even the heaviest materials using the suction-tape feeder with 2 drawers per feeder. Up to 3 trays can be connected to one printing unit. 3 Toner bottles Combining a fifth color with the large color spectrum of the low-temperature toner produces a huge range of applications. White or coating ink are suitable for special applications and producing security features. 4 Laser units Very fine detail rendering thanks to the laser with a resolution of 1,200 4,800 dpi. 5 Scanner Office applications and optical character recognition with the optional scanning of up to 220 A4 pages per minute at 600 dpi. 6 Perfecting unit The automatic perfecting unit regulates perfecting up to 360 g/m² and the maximum printing length 700 mm. 7 Decurler unit The decurler minimizes heat-induced curling of the substrate with a mechanical compensatory curve. 8 High-capacity stacker The stacker permits unhindered production of up to 5,000 sheets. These are optionally placed offset on a mobile pile stacker for direct transfer to postpress. The press shown is a sample configuration. Some of the equipment features mentioned are optional. 10

11 Vacuum/suction-tape feeder for reliable loading of even heavy materials and stable production. Up to three large capacity trays in series with an overall capacity of up to 14,700 sheets. Special applications: Banner system up to 700 mm for fully automated production of posters, 6-page signatures, and much more Standard or brochure finisher Print-on-demand production with the brochure finisher for automatic wire saddle stitching or the standard finisher for sheet delivery. The individual connection of inline finishing modules offers many options. You can find more about the Versafire CV here: heidelberg.com/en/versafire-cv Further training for practical success: Technical training. Wide range of training programs for machine operators Knowledge acquisition about the latest technical developments Increased employee motivation and confidence Full exploitation of machine functions Maximum productivity and quality heidelberg.com/en/training 11

12 The productive high achiever. Versafire CP The Versafire CP sets new standards in productivity, quality, and availability. Its flexibility and scalability make it the ideal solution for any print volume, high or low. The Versafire CP produces top-class advertising and presentation materials along with personalized print products, professionally bound books, and brochures. Equipped with an extra-long paper path, the Versafire CP impresses with its exceptionally smooth material flow at high print speeds and its precise print quality, even with coated or thick paper. A suction feeder is integrated as standard for the best possible results with challenging materials such as textured paper or plastics. The Versafire CP is highly automated and ensures precise positioning. This makes it possible to complete tasks not only more easily, but also with greater speed, cost-efficiency, and reliability. The Versafire CP processes all kinds of materials, including challenging substrates, with ease. An innovative color toner with a low melting point further increases the range of materials that can be printed. The digital printing system has a two-module structure to ensure maximum efficiency and high availability. The fixing and imaging units are physically separate. This provides plenty of space for working, which reduces downtimes during makeready and is also beneficial when working on the press. What s more, any paper blockage that occurs can be quickly located and reliably rectified. A second, easy-change cartridge for each color is integrated to ensure fast toner changes an additional plus for continuous production. The Versafire CP has a feedback control system that automatically corrects key parameters such as contrast, color shading, and CMYK ink coverage. If print products are to be produced using both offset and digital printing, this means color matching of the two methods is also possible. You can find more about the Versafire CP here: heidelberg.com/en/versafire-cp 12

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14 New applications thanks to inline finishing with head trimming for brochure production. Multiple high-capacity stackers and the brochure finisher deliver maximum productivity. Media identification unit for simplified and full automatic media identification and installation Banner tray The banner tray permits printing of 6-page signatures or posters with a length of up to 700 mm and 300 g/m². 6 Perfecting unit The automatic perfecting unit regulates perfecting up to 400 g/m² and the maximum printing length 700 mm. 2 Large capacity trays Reliable loading of even the heaviest materials using the suction-tape feeder with 2 drawers per feeder. Up to 3 trays can be connected to one printing unit. 3 Toner bottles The large color spectrum of the low-temperature toner produces a huge range of applications. 4 Laser units Very fine detail rendering thanks to the laser with a resolution of 1,200 4,800 dpi. 5 Active sheet cooling Automatic temperature reduction through active cooling of each individual sheet after the toner fixing unit minimizes distortion during perfecting. 7 High-capacity stacker The stacker permits unhindered production of up to 5,000 sheets. These are optionally placed offset on a mobile pile stacker for direct transfer to postpress. 8 Standard or brochure finisher Print-on-demand production with the brochure finisher for automatic wire saddle stitching or the standard finisher for sheet delivery. The individual connection of inline finishing modules offers many options. You can find more about the Versafire CP here: heidelberg.com/en/versafire-cp The press shown is a sample configuration. Some of the equipment features mentioned are optional. 14

15 High availability thanks to the double toner cartridge bay and cartridge replacement during production. The manual bypass tray for special sizes ensures maximum flexibility. The air assist feature of the large capacity tray guarantees production reliability

16 The intuitive user interface. Prinect Digital Frontend Short production times, fast job changes, and personalization the Prinect digital front end specifically developed for the Versafire CV and Versafire CP digital printing systems provides uncompromising support for the printing process. Reduction of production costs: The WYSIWYG operating concept already gives the operator full control of the eventual printed sheet during creation of the job and minimizes the number of test printouts. 16

17 Diversity of applications opens up new areas of business: the Prinect Digital Frontend is optimized for Heidelberg Versafire printing presses and permits the production of a wide variety of applications on different paper formats and weights as well as with spot colors such as white and coating. 17

18 Combination of analog and digital. Prinect Digital Frontend The Prinect Digital Frontend supports the standardization of production. All steps including job creation, preflight checking, color management, and impositioning can be automated to optimize costs. Short production times, fast job changes, and personalization the Prinect digital front end specifically developed for the Versafire CV and Versafire CP digital printing systems provides uncompromising support for the printing process. It achieves this through Heidelberg color management and the Heidelberg renderer, two technologies tried and tested in offset printing. The Prinect Digital Frontend also includes a complete workflow server. This enables the manufacturing process for digital print products to be automated and standardized for excellent efficiency, greater transparency, and a noticeably faster job flow. The resul: Exceptionally flexible digital printing Reliable quality and color management Intelligent functions from design to postpress the press is not enough. All steps before and after printing also need to be taken into account. The Prinect Digital Frontend is based on sequences that can be automated. All steps including job creation, preflight checking, color management, and impositioning can be performed manually or saved as linked sequences for repeat jobs. This makes it possible to reliably reproduce any print job in just a few simple steps. In addition to this, the Prinect Digital Frontend supports prepress with a special softproof workflow that removes the need for time-consuming test prints. You can find more about the Prinect Digital Frontend: heidelberg.com/en/prinect-digital-frontend Short-run print jobs are typical of digital printing. What s more, the print media need to be changed for virtually every job, so simply optimizing the printing processes on 18

19 Fast and professional support, 24/7: Expert Support. Worldwide expert support for your Heidelberg equipment, around the clock Fast assistance thanks to direct dialog with experts Answers to questions relating to all Heidelberg products Direct assistance for application-related questions Tailor-made solutions available at any time heidelberg.com/en/expert-support 19

20 Fast response to customer requests: manual intervention in color management permits fast print color changes based on the customer s designs, complaint costs are reduced. High productivity: the Prinect Digital Frontend Short-run print jobs are typical of digital printing. What s more, the print media need to be changed for virtually every job, so simply optimizing the printing processes on the press is not enough. All steps before and after printing also need to be taken into account. Prepress and postpress The Prinect Digital Frontend is based on sequences that can be automated. All steps including job creation, preflight checking, color management, and impositioning can be performed manually or saved as linked sequences for repeat jobs. This makes it possible to reliably reproduce any print job in just a few simple steps. In addition to this, the Prinect Digital Frontend supports prepress with a special softproof workflow that removes the need for time-consuming test prints. It also supports the finishing options of the Versafire digital printing systems, which means that many digital print products can be produced ready for sale in a single operation. This means that standard products can be produced quickly and automatically. Document-oriented workflow In digital printing, the focus is always on the finished print product. The Prinect Digital Frontend supports this production approach with a document-oriented imposition layout that helps prevent costly production errors. Personalized printing The Prinect Digital Frontend facilitates the production of personalized data in PDF/VT format. This enables all prepress processes to be used without any in-depth knowledge of personalized printing. Central cockpit with optimized user interface The Versafire digital printing systems are operated via a central cockpit that displays the progress of all jobs along with all production parameters that have an impact on print quality. Making changes whenever they are needed is quick and easy. In addition to production parameters, it is also possible to change the production sequence, for example to increase the digital printing systems capacity utilization. 20

21 Focus on productivity: orders, prepress and production at a glance, maximization of capacity utilization though optimal production control. Focus on qualification: different user interfaces (in this case e.g. only for Production) permit different employee qualifications and help to optimize labor costs. Transparent production Effective administration of job lists on the press is the basis for any optimized production. Jobs can be combined and grouped, for example according to the particular printing medium. The Prinect Digital Frontend uses the tried and tested Heidelberg renderer technology for the production of both digital and offset print products. This seamlessly optimizes consistency of color and form between the two production methods without any additional outlay. Minimal training outlay The Prinect Digital Frontend is delivered completely pre-installed. Typical production parameters are set as standard, including the production of black and white documents and the color-optimized printing of spot colors. Job-specific settings can be stored at any time and repeat jobs automated via hot folders. As a result, users learn to use the system quickly without the need for intensive training and high numbers of production errors. Special media qualification training is available for materials that are challenging to print. Easy to integrate The Prinect Digital Frontend can be integrated into an existing Prinect offset workflow at any time. As a result, all jobs can be managed, planned, and produced centrally in a single workflow system irrespective of printing method. Direct feedback is available for actual costing or machine and job-specific analyses. Bottlenecks can be identified at an early stage and quick results ensured. The very latest for seamless processes The Prinect Digital Frontend is always up to date. Updates can be installed automatically via the Internet. If required, and following consultation, Heidelberg Service can provide support and offer immediate solutions. Noticeably efficient processes For personalized flyers and brochures, short and very short runs, posters and special formats, printing-ondemand applications, preprints and reprints. 21

22 Simply get in touch. Your dialog with Heidelberg. You and your company's success are our prime focus. To be able to realize this ideal, it is important for us to know your wishes and requirements. Only then can we offer you a customized printing solution that works perfectly for you. We look forward to hearing from you! Get in touch with us for more information, a customized offer and everything else about Heidelberg and Versafire you would like to know. info@heidelberg.com Website heidelberg.com 22

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24 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Kurfuersten-Anlage Heidelberg Germany Phone Fax heidelberg.com Publishing Information Printed in: 04/16 Photographs: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Platemaking: Suprasetter Printing: Speedmaster Finishing: Stahlfolder Consumables: Saphira Fonts: Heidelberg Antiqua Ml, Heidelberg Gothic Ml Printed in Germany Trademarks Heidelberg, the Heidelberg logotype and Prinect are registered trademarks of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. For details on the emissions of the Versafire CV and Versafire CP, please visit us at heidelberg.com/emissiondetails Subject to technical modifications and other changes. Liability for contents The contents of this brochure have been prepared with great care. No warranty or liability is accepted for the correctness, completeness, or accuracy of the information. There is no guarantee that the customer will be able to achieve the values and numbers (e. g. relating to the function and performance of the machine) specified in the brochure. The information provided is based on ideal conditions and proper use of the machine. Achieving these values and numbers depends on a variety of factors and circumstances that are outside the control of Heidelberg (e. g. machine settings, technical conditions, ambient conditions, raw materials and supplies used, consumables used, standard of care and maintenance of the machine, expertise of the operator, etc.). They therefore constitute neither characteristics of the machine nor a guarantee. This brochure does not constitute a contractual offer and is solely for the purpose of providing (non-binding) information. FSC C The mark of responsible forestry /01 en